Gonads of groupers (Serranidae) from Mururoa and Hao (French Polynesia) used as indicators of the quality of the coral reef environment: Histological and ultrastructural aspects

Cybium

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 371-382

  Brusle J ^b   Brusle Sicard S ^b   Fourcault, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cephalopholis argus; Coral reefs; E. microdon; E. tauvina; Epinephelus merra; French Polynesia; Gonads; Hao I.; Health condition; ISE; Mururoa I.; Plectropomus leopardus; Serranidae; Variola louti

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347176303     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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